[Propertalk] Haiku

[Bob Eldan]

In our day and age, and for many centuries, we have made words that were, in the time of Jesus, ordinary daily language into technical religious terms.  This tends to separate religion from ordinary life.  One example is the word "baptism."  In Jesus' day the Greek word simply meant "wash."  In our modern English bibles we read: "They came to John to be baptized."  The original Greek simply says: "They came to John to be washed."  John was known as "John the Washer."  From our European background we might call him "Mr. John Washer."



Bob Eldan

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